Millipedes of Australia

Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae:
Proporobolus spp.

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Proporobolus consimilis (Brolemann, 1913)
  Dinematocricus (?Cladiscocricus) consimilis Brolemann 1913: 107 (in species key as 'Dinematocricus consimilis'),
    128 (first description),
    147 (in species key as 'Dinematocricus (Cladiscocricus) consimilis'),
    fig. 45, pl. 16.
  Dinematocricus consimilis Attems 1914: 333. (In species catalogue.)
  Cladiscocricus (?) consimilis Chamberlin 1920a: 175. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  'Dinematocricus' consimilis Jeekel 1981: 36. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  'Dinematocricus' consimilis Jeekel 2001b: 39. (In species catalogue.)
  Proporobolus consimilis Marek et al. 2003: 45. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Dinematocricus (?Cladiscocricus) consimilis Jeekel 2006c: 95 (in species key),
    97 (redescription).

Holotype. Female.
Locality. Gayndah, Qld.
Collector, date. No information yet.
Deposited. AM; KS76524 (G. Milledge, AM, pers. comm.).

Proporobolus falcatus (Silvestri, 1897)
  Rhinocricus falcatus Silvestri 1897a: 6 (first description),
    figs. 21, 22, pl. 1.
  Dinematocricus (Cladiscocricus) falcatus Brolemann 1913: 123 (cited as type of Cladiscocricus n. subg.; new combination),
    124 (with Rhinocricus falcatus, at head of first description of D. (C.) falcatus scobinula),
    146 (in species key).
  Dinematocricus (Cladiscocricus) falcatus Attems 1914: 300 (in species catalogue),
    305 (in species key),
    330 (in species catalogue).
  Cladiscocricus falcatus Chamberlin 1920a: 175. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Dinematocricus falcatus Verhoeff 1924: 105. (Mention in taxonomic discussion.)
  Rhinocricus falcatus Hoffman & Keeton 1960: 12. (In genus catalogue as type of Cladiscocricus.)
  Rhinocricus falcatus Jeekel 1971: 196. (In genus catalogue as type of Cladiscocricus.)
  'Cladiscocricus' falcatus Hoffman 1974: 201. (In taxonomic discussion.)
  Cladiscocricus falcatus Jeekel 1981: 36. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Cladiscocricus falcatus Jeekel 2001b: 25. (In species catalogue.)
  Proporobolus falcatus Marek et al. 2003: 46. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Cladiscocricus falcatus Jeekel 2006c: 92. (In taxonomic discussion.)
  Rhinocricus falcatus Jeekel 2006c: 95 (in species key),
    97 (redescription).

Types. At least one male.
Locality. Gayndah, Qld.
Collector, date. No information yet.
Deposited. SNSD; no. 245 (Silvestri 1897a: 6).

Proporobolus scobinula (Brolemann, 1913)
  Dinematocricus (Cladiscocricus) falcatus scobinula Brolemann 1913: 106 (in species key),
    125 (subspecies name proposed, and first description),
    147 (in species key),
    figs. 39-44, pl. 16.
  Dinematocricus falcatus scobinula Attems 1914: 330. (In species catalogue.)
  Cladiscocricus scobinula Chamberlin 1920a: 175. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Dinematocricus falcatus scobinulus Verhoeff 1924: 99. (In taxonomic discussion.)
  Cladiscocricus falcatus scobinula Jeekel 1981: 36. (In list of species recorded from eastern Australia.)
  Cladiscocricus falcatus scobinula Jeekel 2001b: 25. (In species catalogue.)
  Proporobolus scobinula Marek et al. 2003: 46. (In species catalogue; new combination.)
  Dinematocricus (Cladiscocricus) falcatus scobinula Jeekel 2006c: 95 (in species key),
    97 (redescription).

Syntypes. 1 male, 2 females (Brolemann 1913: 125, 127).
Locality. Gayndah, Qld.
Collector, date. No information yet.
Deposited. AM. AM holds 1 male, KS 76525, labelled 'lectotype male P.M. Johns 14 12 67'; this lectotypification was never published and is not valid. AM also holds 2 females, KS76526, labelled 'lectoparatypes, 2 females, P.M. Johns 14 12 67'. Type information courtesy G. Milledge, AM (pers. comm.).
Note. Brolemann (1913: 128) discusses Silvestri's falcatus and erroneously refers to it as 'the Cairns form'.